Hanger for brooms or the like.



' Patented Jan. 7., I902. I J. F. WHITEHEAD. j

HANGER FOB BBUOMS OR THE LIKE.

(Application filed Feb. 9, 1901.)

(No Model.)

I WITNESSES:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. WHITEHEAD, OF NEW BRIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

HANGER FOR BROOMS OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 690,803, dated January'7, 1902. Application filed February 9, 1901. Serial No $6,666. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN F. WHITEHEAD, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New Brighton, in the county of Beaver and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Han gerfor Brooms or theLike, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The objectof this invention is to provide a novel, simple, andinexpensive appliance for the handle of a broom or other long-handledimplement which will afford means for the reliable hanging of a broom orthe like upon a hook, nail, or other similar projection from a wall orother upright support.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, as is hereinafter described,and defined in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved hanger applied upon abroom-handle. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view of a portion of a handleand an edge View of theimproved hanger secured thereon. Fig. 3 is apartlysectional side View of part of a handle and a front view of theimproved *hanger secured thereon, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of theimproved hanger.

The novel hanger is Well adapted for use on the long handles of variousimplementssuch as hoes, rakes, forks, mops, brushes, and brooms-it beingparticularly useful as an attachment, for the handle of a broom,afiording convenient means for hanging the broom from a nail or hook onan upright wall or like support, so as to keep the broom-head from thefloor, and thus prevent injury to the broom.

In the drawings, which represent the im- I provement and its connectionwith the han= dle of a broom, 5 indicates the broom-handle, of theusualform, extended from the broomhead 6.

The improved hanger, which is designed for attachment upon thebroom-handle, at a point near the free end thereof, comprises a loop 7,bent from a single strand of resilient wire, as best shown in Figs. 3and 4. The loop 7 has its pair of limbs 7 rendered slightly divergent,and the ends of said limbs are pointed to adapt them to penetrate thewooden handle 5. Near the pointed end a of each limb J said limbs arebent at right angles, forming short trunnions b, which are projectedtoward each other.

At a suitable distance from the trunnions b slight swells 0 may beformed on the limbs 7 bykinking their bodies, these swells orprotuberances extending outwardly or in a direction opposite that of therespective trunnions b. A keeper-bar 8 is provided, consisting of ametal rod having ring eyes (1 formed on its ends forloose engagementwith the limbs 7 1 The limbs of the hanger-loop 7 are bent at or nearthe swells 0, so that the end portions of said limbs'7 below the swellsdiverge at like obtuse angles from the plane of the'main portionsthereof, whichare held joined to= gether by the bow or bight of the end7.

To connect the hanger device with the broom-handle 5, the pointed ends aof the trunnions b are oppositely embedded in the body of the Woodenhandle in the same plane with the center of the handle.

The keeper-bar 8, which before applying the limbs 7 to thehandle 5 isdrawn close to the end 7", is now forced down over the swells c andserves to clamp the hanger device upon the broom-handle with the mainportion of said hanger held spaced from and parallel to the handle bythe contact of the keeper-bar upon the handle 5, as is clearly shown inFigs. 1 and 2, and it will be seen-that the swells c prevent anaccidentaldisplacement of the keeper-bar 8. The end 7 of the hangerbeing held away from the handle 5 by the keeper-bar 8 is free to receivea stationary hook or the like projected from the side wall of aroom orother fixed support, and thus suspend the broom from the hook closetothe wall ready for removal as occasion may require.

-When the hanger is to beremoved from a worn-out broom, this can bereadily efiected by compressing the hanger-limbs 7 toward each other,they being sufficiently resilient to permit this. Then the keeper-bar 8may be slid toward the end '7", which will permit the spring-limbs 7 todiverge from each other slightly and remove the pointed ends of thetrunnions b from the broom-handle, so that the device may be appliedupon a new broom, as hereinbefore explained.

It is evident that other material than wire may be utilized in themanufacture of the hanger and that other than abending process may beemployed to give form to the parts of the hanger device. Hence I do notdesire to limit the construction of the hanger to the exact material andmeans for shaping it herein described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- In a hanger for brooms or the like, the combinationwith a handle that may be readily indented, of a hanger device therefor,comprising a wire body bent near its center to form a loop, which spacestwo limbs thereof,

each extremity of said limbs having an inwardly-turned trunnion thereon,said trunnions being pointed so as to be embedded in the handle bypressure, an outward swell formed on each limb near the trunnion, likeangular bends on the limbs near said swells disposing the main portionof the hanger at one side of the handle, and a wire keeper-bar havingring-eyes on the ends, which rings are loosely mounted on the limbsbelow the swells, said bar by contact with the handle keeping the limbsof the hanger away from said handle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN F. VVI-IITEIIEAD.

Witnesses:

MARK CONNOR, E. H. THOMAS.

